HPU jumped out to a 11-3 lead at the 15:05 mark in the first, sparked by great half court pressure by HPU. The Yellow Jackets increased their lead to 12, 30-18, on a 3-pointer by Matt Zinser(Burnet, TX). It remained about the same all the way till half. HPU took a 40-27 lead into the locker room.
TLU made a run and cut the HPU lead to 4, 43-39 on a lay-up by Brain Alves with15:23 to play. HPU extended the lead back to 10 on a 3-point play by Kendrick Johnson(Houston, TX) with 13 minutes left to play. The Bulldogs got it within 4 with a 1:39 minutes to play but HPU held on from there to win 74-66. The Yellow Jackets hit 19-26 from the free-throw line(12 more attempts than TLU).
HPU was lead by Kendrick Johnson with a game high 24. Cliff McGuire(Haskell, TX) with another double-double on the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Sean Wheeler(San Angelo, TX) pulled down a game high 13 boards.
TLU's Matt Nelson and Will Hudson both had 14 points. Brian Alves also had 10 points.
Newspaper Box Score TLU-MEN vs Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 2/16/06 7:30pm at Brownwood, TX At Brownwood, TX HOWARD PAYNE YELLOW JACKETS 74, TLU-MEN 66 TLU-MEN (7-16 (6-15 ASC)) Matt Nelson 5-7 4-4 14; Will Hudson 5-16 2-2 14; Jerrod Carpenter 4-7 5-6 13; Brian Alves 5-10 0-0 10; Nate Walton 3-9 0-0 8; Billy Williams 1-4 1-2 3; Jason Morales 1-7 0-0 2; Hunter Holsonback 1-2 0-0 2; Josh Scott 0-3 0-0 0; Rion Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-65 12-14 66. HOWARD PAYNE YELLOW JACKETS (17-6 (16-5 ASC)) Kendrick Johnson 6-12 10-11 24; Cliff McGuire 6-8 6-10 18; Matt Zinser 3-9 0-0 9; Victor Hayes 3-8 1-1 8; Sean Wheeler 2-9 2-4 6; Eldrick Spivey 2-2 0-0 6; Josh Weatherred 1-3 0-0 3; Lee Scott 0-2 0-0 0; Tom Hermann 0-0 0-0 0; Brian Blalock 0-1 0-0 0; Peter McCallum 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 19-26 74. TLU-MEN....................... 27 39 - 66 Howard Payne Yellow Jackets... 40 34 - 74 3-point goals-TLU-MEN 4-18 (Will Hudson 2-7; Nate Walton 2-3; Billy Williams 0-1; Jason Morales 0-4; Josh Scott 0-3), Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 9-19 (Matt Zinser 3-7; Eldrick Spivey 2-2; Kendrick Johnson 2-4; Victor Hayes 1-1; Josh Weatherred 1-3; Lee Scott 0-2). Fouled out--TLU-MEN-None, Howard Payne Yellow Jackets-None. Rebounds-TLU-MEN 35 (Matt Nelson 9), Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 42 (Sean Wheeler 13). Assists-TLU-MEN 12 (Jason Morales 5), Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 13 (Victor Hayes 4). Total fouls-TLU-MEN 22, Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 12. A-375